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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Louisville, KY
334 PM EDT Tue Apr 8 2025 /234 PM CDT Tue Apr 8 2025/

...NWS Damage Survey for 04/02/2025 Tornado Event...

..Washington County, Indiana Tornado...

Rating:                 EF2
Estimated Peak Wind:    115 mph
Path Length /statute/:  15.76 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   600 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             04/02/2025
Start Time:             11:20 PM EDT
Start Location:         1 SW Shorts Corner / Washington County / IN
Start Lat/Lon:          38.4893 / -86.113

End Date:               04/02/2025
End Time:               11:33 PM EDT
End Location:           2 ESE New Salem / Scott County / IN
End Lat/Lon:            38.6093 / -85.8757

Survey Summary:
An EF2 tornado, with peak winds of 115 mph, tracked across a
little over a 15-mile stretch of southern and eastern Washington
County late Wednesday night.  It likely dissipated over the
heavily forested area along the Washington/Scott county border. 
It was on the ground for 13 minutes and had a peak width of
600 yards.

The worst damage was near Conway Community Church near South 
Boston. The church had significant roof damage, with many 
gravestones in the adjacent cemetery knocked over. Just west of 
this location and next to the water tower, a single wide mobile 
home was rolled about 75 yards north and completely destroyed. A 
chest freezer was picked up from here and thrown 100 yards 
northeast into the cemetery. A conservative estimate of the wind 
speed here is 115 mph. 

Additional widespread damage occurred along New Salem Rd. north 
of hwy 160 where a swath of trees fell. Another mobile home was 
rolled upside down, likely in the inflow to this tornado. Just
north of that location a barn roof was crumpled and another barn
was destroyed. This area likely saw high end ef1 winds. The 
tornado continued northeast to the end of Calloway Rd. where some 
structures were damaged but a very clear path of trees were 
snapped. 

The tornado was widest at both of these hard-hit locations. 
Otherwise it caused minor structural damage to several homes as 
well as snapping and uprooting many trees along the path. It 
started near the Big Spring Nature Preserve, where some roof 
damage occurred to a barn and a tree fell along the road. It ended
in the woods northeast of the eastern end of Calloway Rd, or 
somewhere near the Washington/Scott County border.. The survey 
found some sporadic straight lined wind damage along the storm's 
path into Scott County south of Scottsburg. 

We'd like to thank the Washington and Scott County Emergency 
Management for helping us quickly find the damage points and for 
uploading photos and drone footage ahead of these surveys.

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EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0.....65 to 85 mph
EF1.....86 to 110 mph
EF2.....111 to 135 mph
EF3.....136 to 165 mph
EF4.....166 to 200 mph
EF5.....>200 mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the event and publication in
NWS Storm Data.

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RJS/CSG